Esthetic and functional treatment of a fused permanent tooth: a case report.
This report describes a young patient with fusion of a maxillary central incisor to a supernumerary tooth. Treatment involved extraction of the fused tooth and orthodontic movement of the lateral incisor to occupy the position of the extracted tooth. A resin composite laminate veneer was placed on the lateral incisor to simulate the appearance of a central incisor. Five years of follow-up revealed that treatment had successfully restored esthetics and function.
Velasco
L F
LF
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. keka@nutecnet.com.br
de Araujo
F B
FB
Ferreira
E S
ES
Velasco
L E
LE
D002648:Child; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003801:Dental Veneers; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005671:Fused Teeth / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D014081:Tooth Extraction
D003188:Composite Resins